Subgenus Chlidoplitis

The subgenus Chlidoplitis Griswold is confined to the Palaearctic region. It contains 9 described species.

Brood cell of Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) heinrichi Zanden, 1980 in a preexisting insect burrow in the ground; the cell is entirely constructed from chewed leaves; below the cell, a partition of chewed leaves has been built, separating the cell from the lower part of the burrow. Foto A. Müller.

Nesting biology-Nesting site: One brood cell was found about 5cm deep in a preexisting insect burrow in rather loamy ground. Nesting material: The urn-shaped cell, which had a length of about 11mm, entirely consisted of chewed green leaves, without admixture of sand or pebbles. However, the cell was over much of its length directly attached to the walls of the insect burrow so that it could not be removed from the burrow without damaging it. About 1mm below the cell, a partition of chewed leaves was built, separating the cell from the lower part of the burrow. (Müller, 2014a)

Nesting biology: Three females were observed to close the entrance of nests of the masarid wasp species Ceramius palaestinensis with mud, suggesting that preexisting burrows in the ground serve as nesting sites. (Mauss, Müller and Yildirim, 2010)